![]() | About Ben BreskyBen Bresky is a music journalist and recording engineer living in Jerusalem. He hosts The Israel Beat Jewish Music Podcast live every Tuesday interviewing a wide range of Jewish and Israeli musicians from Carlebach to klezmer, from hasidic to trance. |
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From Ben Bresky's Blog Michael Jackson in Israel Michael Jackson performed in Israel in 1993 during his Dangerous tour to over 70,000 fans in Tel Aviv. He also visited holy sites including the Western...More >About Ben's ShowsThe BeatThe Israel Beat Jewish Music Podcast interviews the latest Israeli and Jewish artists and covers a wide range of styles from Carlebach, cantorial, klezmer, Israeli trance, Mizrachi, rock, Sephardic, hasidic and everything in between. Past interviews have included Matisyahu, Avraham Fried, and Miri Ben-Ari. The Beat broadcasts live every Tuesday from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Israel time on http://www.IsraelNationalRadio.com. The old Beat archive can be found at http://www.israelbeat.blogspot.comListen to latest show |
Live acoustic performance and interview with Jewish singer-songwriter Dov Rosenblatt of Blue Fringe. Tue, Jun 30 Tim Sparks gives Naftule Brandwein's klezmer a smooth jazz guitar twist on new CD. Tue, Jun 23 Yiddishe Cup's new CD mashes up traditional Jewish klezmer, comedy and hip hop. Tue, Jun 16 Part 1|2Arnie Lawrence Jazz Tribute Late great Israeli jazz legend Arnie Lawrence takes over the studio. Tue, Jun 09 Classical pianist goes Sephardic. Hear how this Russian immigrant returned to Jewish roots. Tue, Jun 02 Backstage interview with Israeli musician Idan Raichel on new chilled out multi-language CD. Tue, May 26 Interview with jazz virtuoso Daniel Zamir on new CD, Gilad Shalit and his return to spirituality. Tue, May 19 Ovadia Hamama, famous for his hit Ana Bekoach, talks about his new CD of deep, moving music. Tue, May 05 Zochreini Na singer talks about new album, Gush Katif, Biblical revenge and love for the Beatles Tue, Apr 28 Clarinets and accordions never sounded so cool on Tel Aviv group Oy Division's new CD. Tue, Apr 21
New CD: Ha'Orot: The Poetic Light of Rav Kook with Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein and Greg Wall Wed, Apr 08Erez Yohanan of the Israeli progressive metal band Amaseffer on their award winning Passover CD. Wed, Apr 01 Interview and live performance with Az Yashir, a band of young yeshiva students from America Tue, Mar 24 Rabbi Eli Goldsmith helps at-risk youth in Israel through music and outreach. Tue, Mar 17 Travel to Israel's north for a little known ancient grave of the Purim story's heroes. Tue, Mar 03 Son of Holocaust survivors remakes classic Yiddish songs as blues, folk & reggae. Wed, Feb 25 Jerusalem's favorite world beat street band Aharit Hayamim has a new name, new CD and new US tour Wed, Feb 18 This Jerusalem based singer mixes rock, Carlebach, and Irish and celtic music. Tue, Feb 10 A mix podcast featuring hot new Jewish & Israeli music from jazz virtuoso Daniel Zamir's pop album Wed, Feb 04 |